TPRRA Hearing Update

Yesterday dozens of home schoolers came to the Texas Capitol to give their support for restoring parental rights by registering in favor of the Texas Parental Rights Restoration Act (TPRRA) (HB 2547) and against HB 393, a bill that would expand lawsuits against fit parents by vindictive in-laws.

During the testimony on the bills several families and children shared their stories of financial and personal devastation as a result of these lawsuits and asked the committee to take action to not allow this to happen to other families by passing HB 2547 and opposing HB 393. By all appearances their stories had a great impact on the committee. Only one attorney, representing the Texas Family Law Foundation, gave testimony against the TPRRA, and one attorney, representing the same group, gave testimony in favor of HB 393.

Your calls made a great impact. We hope to see this bill voted out of committee next week. The testimony on these bills begins at 3:55 p.m.

We are also working hard to get a hearing on the Senate version of the TPRRA (SB 1194). Please pray for our efforts as we seek to change the law to restore parental rights in Texas.

About Tim Lambert

Tim Lambert, president of Texas Home School Coalition (the state home school support organization since 1986), has been involved in home school leadership in Texas since 1984. He and his wife Lyndsay taught their four now-grown children at home for 16 years, graduating the last two in 2000. As the head of the organization for the leading home school state in the country, Tim is recognized as an authority on home education issues in Texas. In this capacity, he has testified before numerous Texas legislative committees on issues related to home schooling. He often deals with state government agencies, including the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, on home education issues and has served as an expert witness on home education in a number of court cases. He has also addressed such conferences as the Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers on the topic.

Tim holds a B.A. in political science from Texas Tech University and is active in the political arena, having served eight years as Republican National Committeeman for Texas. He is committed to serving the home schooling community and to protecting parents’ right to choose the method of education of their children.